Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs
Quiz for 19 August 2016 useful for SSC, UPSC, IBPS, Bank Exams and other PSC
Exams.
1. Badminton player P V Sindhu on 18 August
2016 won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton event at Rio
Olympics 2016. Which player defeated P V Sindhu in the final?
Answer: Carolina Marín
Note: Sindhu became the first Indian woman
to clinch a silver medal in Olympics. She also became the fourth Indian to win
a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004,
Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012,
London).
2. World Humanitarian Day was observed on?
Answer: 19 August
Note: The digital campaign for the World
Humanitarian Day 2016 was The World You’d Rather.
3. Which city was recently named as world’s most liveable city for the sixth year
running according the Economist’s global liveability survey?
Answer: Melbourne
4. Who was recently awarded the prestigious
25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry collection “Kshama”?
Answer: Hindi scholar and
writer Sunita Jain
Note: The award instituted by the K K Birla
Foundation carries a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh.
5. India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPBL)
has received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies,
Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act 2013. Earlier Union
Government has given its approval for setting up IPPB as a Public Limited
Company under the DoP with ___% Government of India (GOI) equity?
Answer: 100%
6. State Bank of India’s (SBI’s) board of
directors on 19th August 2016 has approved merger of its five associate banks
and which other bank with itself?
Answer: Bharatiya Mahila Bank
(BMB)
Note: These five subsidiaries are State
Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore,
State Bank of Travancore.
7. Which state Government recently became
first state in the country to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime
Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS)?
Answer: Maharashtra
8. Who was conferred with Sangeet Martand
Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award recently?
Answer: Pandit Shiv Kumar
Sharma
9. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),
situated in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 18 August 2016 banned which Indian
wrestler for four years following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?
Answer: Narsingh Yadav
10. Who recently became the first Iranian
woman to win an Olympic medal?
Answer: Kimia Alizadeh
Zenoorin
Note: She won the bronze medal in
Taekwondo.
11. Which bank has recently unveiled a
payment service dubbed as "iMobile SmartKeys" that uses smartphone
keyboard to make quick & secure payments?
Answer: ICICI Bank
12. Federal Bank has announced its
partnership with ___, a mobile banking application, to provide cashless
transactions?
Answer: Chillr
13. Which Indian former player was recently awarded the honorary life
membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club?
Answer: Virender Sehwag
14. Who won the Gold medal in men’s 200m at
Rio Olympics 2016?
Answer: Jamaican sprinter
Usain Bolt
Note: He ran 19.78 seconds to come home
ahead of Canada’s Andre de Grasse and France’s Christophe Lemaitre.
15. Govind Tej who died on 19 August 2016
was a noted filmmaker,actor & director in which language?
Answer: Odia
16. The world's longest and highest glass
bottom bridge is set to open soon in which country?
Answer: China
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